On July 12, 2024, the first Indian Visa Application Center (IVAC) in Seattle was inaugurated. The IVAC services commencement follows the opening of the first Indian Consulate in Seattle in November 2023, and aims to provide consular services like visa, passport, OCI, and other related consular requirements to residents of thePacific Northwestern states, Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Washington, and Wyoming.
The Seattle and Bellevue IVAC Centers are being run by VFS Global- the outsourced visa services partner of MEA. For more detailed information, consular applicants can visit https://indiainseattle.gov.in/ for the latest information on the services offered at these two locations.
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